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Words to know for SAT prep
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English
11th Grade
01/23/2010

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Cards

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Augmented

Definition

 

 

to make larger

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Lucrative

Definition

 

profitable; moneymaking

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Terseness

 

Definition

 

neatly or effectively concise

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Stolid

Definition

 

unemotional

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Trivial

Definition

 

of very little importance or value

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Cavalier
Definition
uncaring, thoughtless
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Ambivalence

Definition

 

uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things

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Philanthropy

Definition

 

altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons

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Dissipate

Definition

 

to scatter in various directions

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Lauded

Definition

 

to praise

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Malevolent

Definition

 

wishing evil or harm to another or others

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Capricious

Definition

 

erratic, random

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Assiduous

Definition

 

constant; unremitting

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clairvoyent

Definition

 

having or claiming to have the power of seeing objects or actions beyond the range of natural vision

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Pliant

Definition

 

bending readily; flexible

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Timorous

Definition

 

full of fear

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Quixotic

Definition

 

resembling or befitting Don Quixote

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Nihilistic

Definition

 

total rejection of established laws and institutions

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raiment

Definition

 

clothing; apparel; attire

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detritus
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any disintegrated material; debris

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Obtuse

Definition

 

not quick or alert in perception

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intermittent

Definition

 

stopping or ceasing for a time

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Equivocal

Definition

 

allowing the possibility of several different meanings, as a word or phrase, esp. with intent to deceive or misguide

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Tangential

Definition

 

merely touching

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Bravado

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Irascibility

Definition

 

easily provoked to anger

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Duplicity

Definition

 

speaking or acting in two different ways concerning the same matter with intent to deceive

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Panache

Definition

 

a grand or flamboyant manner; verve; style; flair

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Charisma

Definition

 

a divinely conferred gift or power.

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Belligerent

Definition

 

warlike; given to waging war

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Aggrandized

Definition

 

to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity

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Recrimination

Definition

 

bring a countercharge against an accuser.

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Indignant

Definition

 

feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base

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